Yreka council approves communications contract; staff report and motion list inconsistent amounts

The Yreka City Council approved a contract on July 21 to retain Mindy York for communications, public engagement and content services. Staff described York's prior work with the city clerk to produce event and outreach videos and recommended retaining her to strengthen the city's digital outreach.

The staff presentation referenced a fiscal impact figure in the materials; during the meeting the human resources director described the recommendation and turned the item to council for action. Council member Middleton moved to approve the contract and Council member McCoy seconded; the roll-call vote passed unanimously.

The transcript contains an inconsistency: the staff narrative included a fiscal-impact number of $337,800 in the staff explanation, while the motion that passed and the clerk's roll call recorded a not-to-exceed figure of $37,800. The council approved the motion on the floor (clerk recorded the motion as "not to exceed $37,800"). The council did not record additional detail in the public meeting about the discrepancy.

Because the packet and the motion contain different numbers, staff should confirm and publish the final contract amount and make any corrected contract documents available in the official meeting records.